"THE DAY" Post-mortem
Hey Folks,
On Nov. 6, the day before the election, I wrote:
“Tomorrow is The Day !! The day that will likely determine for this old codger once and for all his view of humanity.For six years the American people have degraded themselves by supporting the moronic marionette of sociopathic string-pullers; the dim-witted ventriloquist’s dummy of hypocritically homophobic evangelicals; degraded by six years of dishonor - fearing fear itself.
H.L. Mencken said that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Tomorrow we’ll see if he was right.”
Among other things, I also wrote:
“Lincoln said, ‘You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.’ Tomorrow we’ll find out whether Kkkarl Rove can fool enough of the people enough of the time to make Lincoln irrelevant.”
Well, I must say that this old codger is greatly relieved. Lincoln is still relevant, and my doubts have been partially calmed. As Robyn Blumner pointed out in a recent column:
“After all the books and articles proclaiming that Republicans were the permanent new majority, that their demographic, structural and money advantages were unstoppable and that the electorate could be ruled by fear-mongering, a Republican specialty, Election Day 2006 proved the pundits wrong. There is a limit to how much incompetence, greed, corruption, prevarication, secrecy and sanctimony the American people will stand. No news could be more comforting.”
I’m with Robyn on that, and crusty old H.L. will have to back off a bit – but only a bit. The one certain thing this election shows is that if our leaders are corrupt enough for six years, the American people will stop anointing them and kick their asses out.
However, considering the damage these monsters have wreaked in six years – while one MUST rejoice in their exit – one also wonders what new atrocity will be embraced by Mencken’s dull public and allowed to plunder American bodies and souls for another six years.
So, I guess the Uke Man’s final reaction to “The Day” is that, thankfully, the people, indeed, DID stand up !! But I’m also quite concerned that, as is their habit, they’ll return immediately to their long, warm, reassuring hibernation.
Friday, at Dick's Den, I'll be participating in "Circus of Cool," where poets do the Beat thing, reading their poems to the accompaniament of a live Jazz Band.
The rant I'll be delivering relates to my thoughts discussed here. I'll be putting it up on the blog soon.
- Uke Man
On Nov. 6, the day before the election, I wrote:
“Tomorrow is The Day !! The day that will likely determine for this old codger once and for all his view of humanity.For six years the American people have degraded themselves by supporting the moronic marionette of sociopathic string-pullers; the dim-witted ventriloquist’s dummy of hypocritically homophobic evangelicals; degraded by six years of dishonor - fearing fear itself.
H.L. Mencken said that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Tomorrow we’ll see if he was right.”
Among other things, I also wrote:
“Lincoln said, ‘You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.’ Tomorrow we’ll find out whether Kkkarl Rove can fool enough of the people enough of the time to make Lincoln irrelevant.”
Well, I must say that this old codger is greatly relieved. Lincoln is still relevant, and my doubts have been partially calmed. As Robyn Blumner pointed out in a recent column:
“After all the books and articles proclaiming that Republicans were the permanent new majority, that their demographic, structural and money advantages were unstoppable and that the electorate could be ruled by fear-mongering, a Republican specialty, Election Day 2006 proved the pundits wrong. There is a limit to how much incompetence, greed, corruption, prevarication, secrecy and sanctimony the American people will stand. No news could be more comforting.”
I’m with Robyn on that, and crusty old H.L. will have to back off a bit – but only a bit. The one certain thing this election shows is that if our leaders are corrupt enough for six years, the American people will stop anointing them and kick their asses out.
However, considering the damage these monsters have wreaked in six years – while one MUST rejoice in their exit – one also wonders what new atrocity will be embraced by Mencken’s dull public and allowed to plunder American bodies and souls for another six years.
So, I guess the Uke Man’s final reaction to “The Day” is that, thankfully, the people, indeed, DID stand up !! But I’m also quite concerned that, as is their habit, they’ll return immediately to their long, warm, reassuring hibernation.
Friday, at Dick's Den, I'll be participating in "Circus of Cool," where poets do the Beat thing, reading their poems to the accompaniament of a live Jazz Band.
The rant I'll be delivering relates to my thoughts discussed here. I'll be putting it up on the blog soon.
- Uke Man
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